2. GEOGRAPHY VOCAB- ULARY ACHIEVE- MENTS CULTURE HAMMUR- ABI 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 NAME THE 2 RIVERS THAT NOURISHED ANCIENT MESOPOTOMIAN CIVILIZATION. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

4. WHAT ARE THE TWO RIVERS THAT NOURISHED ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION TIGRIS AND THE EUPHRATES.

5. WHAT MODERN COUNTRY IS IN THE SAME AREA AS ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

6. Answer 1 – 20 WHAT MODERN COUNTRY IS IN THE SAME AREA AS ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA IRAQ

7. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGE BODY OF WATER TO THE SOUTH OF MESOPOTAMIA? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

8. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WATERWAY TO THE SOUTH OF MESOPOTAMIA ? PERSIAN GULF

9. WHAT IS THE NAME WHICH REFERS TO THE REGION KNOWN TODAY AS THE MIDDLE EAST? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

10. WHAT IS THE NICKNAME FOR MESOPOTAMIA THAT REFERS TO WHAT IS THE NICKMANE FOR MESOPOTAMIA THAT REFERS TO THE GOOD FARM LAND NEAR THE RIVERS AND ITS SHAPE? FERTILE CRESCENT

11. EXPLAIN HOW SUMER’S GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED ITS ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

12. EXPLAIN HOW SUMER’S GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED ITS ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF. SUMER HAD NO NATURAL BOUNDARIES, LARGE SEAS OR MOUNTAINS TO PROTECT IT SO IT WAS OFTEN UNDER ATTACK.

13. A PROFESSIONSAL WRITER FOR THE GOVERNMENTS, TEMPLES AND BUSINESS ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

14. A PROFESSIONAL WRITER FOR GOVERNMENT, THE TEMPLES AND BUSINESS. SCRIBE

15. A POLITICAL UNIT CONSISTING OF A CITY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

16. Answer 2 – 20 A POLTICAL UNIT CONSISTING OF A CITY AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY SIDE CITY-STATE

17. WHAT WAS THE CENTER OF A SUMERIAN CITY-STATE ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

18. WHAT WAS THE CENTER OF A SUMERIAN CITY-STATE? ZIGGURAT

19. A SYSTEM FOR WATERING CROPS ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

20. – IRRIGATION A SYSTEM FOR WATERING CROPS

21. A SOCIETY WHICH HAS A SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AND A KNOWLEDGE OF MATHMATICS, SCIENCE, ARTS AND WRITING ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

22. A SOCIETY THAT HAS A SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AND A KNOWLEDGE OF SCIENCE, MATHMATICS, ARTS AND WRITING. CIVILIZATION

23. THIS SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT CAUSES US TO CLASSIFY IT AS PART OF HISTORY, NOT PREHISTORY ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

24. THIS SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT CAUSES US TO CLASSIFY IT AS PART OF HISTORY, NOT PREHISTORY WRITING, CUNEIFORM

25. NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT TO GOVERNMENT ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

26. NAME AN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO GOVERNMENT THE CODE OF HAMMURABI; CODE OF LAWS

27. NAME TWO ACHIEVEMENTS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

28. WHEEL, SAIL, CHARIOT

29. NAME TWO SUMERIAN ACHIEVMENTS RELATED TO WATER CONTROL ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

30. NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO IRRIGATION LEVEES, CANALS, AQUEDUCTS

31. NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO MATHEMATICS ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

32. NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO MATHEMATICS BRAIN SURGERY GEOMETRY, TIME, CALENDAR

33. EXPLAIN ONE WAY SUMERIANS USED CUNEIFORM. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

34. EXPLAIN ONE WAY SUMERIANS USED CUNEIFORM. TO KEEP RECORDS OF TRADES AND OTHER BUSINESS DEALS TO WRITE LAWS TO WRITE STORIES KEEP TRACK OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

35. WHAT WAS A ZIGGURAT USED FOR? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

36. WHAT WAS A ZIGGURAT USED FOR? ZIGGURATS WERE USED MOSTLY AS A TEMPLE FOR THEIR GODS. THEY COULD ALSO BE USED AS WAREHOUSES AND OFFICES.

37. MESOPOTAMIANS WERE POLYTHEISTIC. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

38. QUEEN AND PRIESTESS MESOPOTAMIANS WERE POLYTHEISTIC. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THEY BELIEVED IN MANY GODS AND GODDESSES.

39. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A FAMOUS MESOPOTAMIAN STORY? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

40. THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A FAMOUS MESOPOTAMIAN STORY?

41. EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIAL PYRAMID. KING UPPER MIDDLE SLAVES ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

42. EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIAL PYRAMID. THE HIGHER ON THE PYRAMID, THE MORE POWER YOU HAD. ALSO, THE HIGHER ON THE PYRAMID, THE FEWER PEOPLE WOULD BE IN THAT SOCIAL CLASS. MOST POWER FEWEST PEOPLE LEAST POWER MOST PEOPLE

43. WHAT WAS HAMMURABI’S CODE? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

44. WHAT WAS HAMMURABI’S CODE? A SET OF 282 LAWS COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF MESOPOTAMIAN LIFE – MARRIAGE & DIVORCE – TRADE – CRIME – FARMING

45. WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE DID HAMMURABI BELIEVE IN?

46. “EYE FOR AN EYE” JUSTICE – WHAT YOU DO, WILL BE YOUR PUNISHMENT – SOUNDS EQUAL, BUT HAMMURABI’S CODE WAS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF EQUALITY POOR AND SLAVES DID NOT RECEIVE THE SAME JUSTICE AS RICH, UPPERCLASSMEN. WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE DID HAMMURABI BELIEVE IN?

47. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF HAMMURABI’S EMPIRE AND HOW DID HE GAIN CONTROL OF THE REGION? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

48. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF HAMMURABI’S EMPIRE AND HOW DID HE GAIN CONTROL OF THE REGION? THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE HE DAMMED THE RIVER (TURNED IT “OFF”) AND THEN OPEN THE DAM’S GATES (TURNED IT BACK “ON”) AND FLOODED THE PEOPLE INTO DEFEAT

49. DID HAMMURABI’S CODE DEMONSTRATE EQUALITY? EXPLAIN. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

50. DID HAMMURABI’S CODE DEMONSTRATE EQUALITY? EXPLAIN. HAMMURABI’S CODE DID NOT DEMONSTRATE EQUALITY. THE POOR AND SLAVES DID NOT SEE THE SAME CONSEQUENCES OR JUSTICE AS THE RICH OR UPPER CLASS.

51. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF HAMMURABI’S CODE? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

52. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF HAMMURABI’S CODE? TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF HIS EMPIRE AND MAKE SURE THERE WAS PEACE WITHIN HIS EMPIRE